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W' iPIPPWi the wants are of service in INNUMERAB^jS WAYS - SEE IF THEY CANT SSRVE YOU. 20 Pages ONE SECTION. THE CHARLOTTE NEWS 20 Pages ONE SECTION. VOL 2, NO. 33 CHARLOTTE. N. C„ SUNDAY MORNING, StPTEMBER 17, 1911 PRICE 5 CENTS Sensational Tw n Jxpected In Hawkins Case Monday large 'umber oj Witnesses to Be Examined, More Clues to Run Down And Other Char^ auers Jo Enter 7he Sad EmoTogho oj Crime, Woman in the Case ^ Be Taken-Letter From Mh 'tie to Hal Cooper Read a, jiquest—How a Mother*s Eiuri uas Broken, r BRUCE Q. NABERS. rrille, X. C., Sept. 16.— h ' wag caused in the sec- t i t Inquest into the death lyrtle Hawnins. of this morning when Coroner .uved to the Jury that the ; e continued until Monday • ' SO o'clock. At th'b in- d.i afternoon that start- and adjourned last night 'i‘‘ck the state was able to ■ ly one witness that seem- ■ ar the theory that the Mc- - plicated in the murder meeting closed there general denial of every- . -eainst tnem by the Mc- Another Woman. now that another wo- " ought into the case and ‘i as unfortunate by the that Miss Estelle Grant, i trained nurse who visit- ; rice McCall, got the no- • she did in connection u«ve Detective Bradfoid, of "ho is conducting the a stated this morning that undone that Is possible to do in clear ing up the matter. Mother Heart Broken. One of the saddest features of the whole miserable affair is the manner in which the mother of the murdered girl is taking it. Up to the time she was shown the letter from her child, telling of her I Myrtle’s) condition, and saying that she was going away, she never had the slightest intimation that there was anything, wrong. The mother had always been more than a mother to Myrtle for the child received the full wealth of the mother-love and a com radeship that was perfect. Continually together anddevotpdtoeachothertheyh together and devoted to each other they had built up the sweetest Inti macy. This was of course shattered when the letter that w’as to mean so much to both of them, was read. Mrs. Hawkins was naturally prostrated with grief when this news was broken tc her and as the hours wore on and no trace could be found of the daughter she steadily grew worse until when the report that the girl w'as dead was verified, it was thought she would not recover from the shock. The second- sorrow coming so close on the heels of the first, and the horrible nature of the crime unnerved the game little woman, but with that indominable courage of motherhood she fought it out and is now’ steadily getting bet ter. There is not a person in this city who has heard of the case who does not deeply sympathise with the mnth- er, and their hearts go out to her in her suffering, a suffering that only a mother can know and for which there is nothing that will deaded the poignancy of the pain. Much Interest in Case. Interest in the case had never been allowed to waver as there had never been a minute that there was not something new to turn up. Every per son met on the street has a theory that he wants to expound and with the detectives and newspaper represen tatives on the scene there is no chance for the story to get away. Belabored Editor. To Mr. Gordon Garlington, manag ing editor of the Hendersanville Her ald. the visiting newspaper representa- RIVAL LEADERS IN CANADA The rival leaders in Canada, whose fight over Reciprocity wKh the United States will be decided next Thursday when the Canadian voters go to the polls to vote for members of a new p'arliamnt. On the left, Premier Wil frid Laurier, leader of the liberals, who is staunch in his support of the measure. On the right, R. L Borden leader of the conservatives, who is against it tooth and nail. A victory for the liberals will cause the realization of reciprocity and the continuance in power of the premier and ni8 ministry. ^ A victory for the concervatives will cause the death of Reciprocity,- the resignation of Premier Laurier and the mmistry, and will make Borden the premier of Canada. ' GONIOVERSY Detectives Hot After Men Who Looted Bank Of MontreaUArrests Likely Vancouver, B, C., Sept. 16.—That the robbers who looted the.bank of tie.-' ne »is -e ’.Li 'vas In no way connected ath of Miss Hawkins asitives owne a debt of gratitude, which lougnt. He also authorized t they intend to pay particularly by ent that Hal Cooper, of j having him as the honor guest at a ty, Tenn., had absolutely j "dry” dinner party tomorrow. There ige of the conditions sur-)flre nine men In the city representing ‘be out-of-town papers now r.nd they come and later came to Hen-j in and In Mr Garlington’s chairs, put their feet on his tables, take posses- Beue “'ark the Woman. I sion of his typewriters and stop him an houndrcd times a day to ask questions. So far he has taken it nobly and as yet the “reps” are compara tively safe, but even a newspaper man's endurance has an end and something is liable to happen to the it is to Osceola Lake,” ‘ Is the cheriff named BJackman or Blackwell,’* and all the other questions lie answers auto matically. The “Ttuff” is Rushed. The telephone company and tele graph companies made arrangements in advance to rush all the “suif” to its destination and so far there has been no trouble. Both telegraph com panies sent additional men here to handle the matter and it is being dis patched with the greatest possible speed. Myrtle’s Letter to Mother. Following is the letter found in Myrtle Hawkin’s room and given to Coroner by her brother A. H, Hawkins. It was addressed to her mother and reads as follows; “Dear Mother: Daddy made me promise to w’rite this and I dot it because I haven't the nerve to look in your face and tell you about it. I will not tell you the name of the man who is responsible for my misfortune as he is not altogether to blame and has done everything possible for me and will continue tod o Berlin, Sept. 16.—It is stated this ^^ontreal at New Westminster yester day, are somewhere in Vancouver is 'ark the Woman. omln in the case is ow thought to be in and arourd whom uystery. Last summer he conducted a beauty _ -o ®^f|next man who asks his “how far ft and later divorced • a . She is known to d up in a case similar .’ithorities are now in- bfiff Blackwell said whereabouts of this unknown to them ''ere following clues isibly put them in touch ■ d not say that she connection with this .e really has general Sensations Delayed. - that >\ere promised pulled off Monday •fc pxpediency as the '' '’■ * now sure they are and only wanted 'vr ; their case. New >rif-d last night in a ■ ne>.pectcd and the ’ ;e ronfinuation of the ' Detective Bradford ^ strengthen their .. now and get the nec- _ 'o introduce the new .s put on the merely told things of F Srr.ith * i’ -ommon knowledge, “Production of the let- i ^'-r\ and the statement ’1 to the effect that ■‘A ;ral suspicious cir- ronnd the McCall prem- j the barn had • an odor that gave ■ Ion that a dead per- i'laced in the barn. ' r.en put on the stand denials of any = >ndi»ions surround- ■ ■ e voung lady, though * Hawkins had '>r to their houses 'inie of her disap- /' Witnesses. ■ ; ^r.'! f)f mystery” over the case from bpirs; ropidly and ■'Jde, it seems to ‘ ft'im the stand- •• outside. There ■itn-.^'-es in the case - court house FMday -^‘■t to testify and n the stand on Mon- ihey know of the •irl. ■fi'dlpg Officers. ■ ' *he murdered girl is in theh’ licwer to nv'’ tory and have to detectives VO alfo secured 'ant in and Rector, •ht fijjjj jj, gentlemen will as- •I-: In his work of frnm the witnesses. - ‘ "1 f,,wn fiiat \V. A. ne iieat. known law- o ^^111 also he present .Monday. He is at •'XMile. Tennesse at the . .nosition but is return- •-ae nere Imnierliately. If ^^se with assured 'Mil be nothing left so. I am going away and will go to work. I wish that I could bear it all without causing you any more trouble Don’t try to find me as you will never know where I am. TellCarry and Son and Lou good-bye for me. All of you have always geen good to me. Tell them that I have gone to Alta’s. Good bye. “MRTLE.. As there was no suicidal intention shown in the letter the family did not Imagine anything of that nature. Another Letter. Hal. Cooper, the Johnson City, young man who was to marry Miss Haw’kins, is playing a sad role in the tragedy. Another letter was read at Friday’s inquest—a letter which had been swsteriously intercepted—It was directed to Mr. Cooper and was from Myrtle. It had been written only a short time before the tragedy occurred. In this letter Miss Hawkins insisted that her marriage to him be hastened; while her mother had previously of fered objections, she was willing to the marriage then, so the letter ran. There was no intimation in the letter of the poor girl’s sad condition. Not Miss Grant. With a multitude or rumors, it was perhaps but natural that many reports would leak out, apparently bearing the stamp of truth, which must neews be denied later. The “other woman in the sace” was not Miss Grant, of Atlanta, as was reported, but possi bly Bessie Clark, said to be in Co lumbia. evening that an agreement has been reached in the French-German Mo roccan controversy. Herr von Kider- len-Waechter, the German foreign minister, and M. Jules Cambon, the French ambassador are conducting the negotiations on the part of their respective governments. OfHcials of the-OerMKtB-asowernment declare that France's reply to the German counter proposals is thor oughly satisfactory. The kaiser’s rep resentatives are preparing their an swer. There will be slight modifica tions of the French text of the pro posed new treaty and then the con vention will be drafted. Germany’s answer to the French note will prob ably be ready by Monday or Tues day at the latest. Newspaper expression in Berlin is hopeful of an early settlement, al- thotigh there is an undercurrent of criticism upon whac the anti-Anglo organs term the “British intrigue.” The Bourse closed firmer today al though it is still affected by the ex isting crisis. Withdrawals of French gold continue to be a factor. Word has been received also that the Lon don stock market responded favorablj’^ to the impression that the Moroccan dispute will be settled. A political writer who is widely i-egarded today as almost certain, and city detectives are working with those retained by the bank on clues that are expected by them to land .some of the safe blowers or their accomplices in jail before nightfall. A ten dollar bill (C-561017) that js pany by a customer where he got it. Detectives have al ready traced it' through three per sons. It is the theory of the police of One hundred and fifty thousand Jol- lars of the stolen paper money is in new $5 and $10 bills of the bank of Montreal and the numbers of every bill is posted in every bank in Canada and on the American border. An at tempt to pass any of these bills will result, it is believed, in arrest. The $20,000 in'gold and the $88,000 in bills of various Canadian and Unit ed States banks are available for use by the robbers, however. Every exit from Vancouver is .dense ly guarded. ^ ‘ ^ o remembered j Evidence is accumulating to show the skill w'ith which- the theft was enacted. The explosives were set off by electricity, wires having been found attached to the handle of the safe. De- \ancouver and New Westminster that ^spite the fact that five or six charges the five robbers w'ho stole $258,000 ^ were necessary, so carefully had the from the New Westminster branch cf,work been done that the residents in the bank of Montreal are in hiding the Lavery block, adjoining the bank, in Vancouver. did not hear the slightest sound. T^ed^Hubby Who^ms ~~~ Cruel, Sullen And Morose Woman Asks Fot Divorce New York, Sept. 16.—John A. Mid dleton, first vice-president of the Le high Valley Railroad Corhpanv, and credited with getting much inside in- j director in more than twenty' banks formation declared today that last night’s meeting of Herr von Kiderlin- Waechter and M. Cambon amply jus tifies the belief that negotiations have progressed a long way toward set tlement. THE WEATHER. Washington, Sept. 16.—Fore cast for Sunday and Monday; North Carolina and South Carolina, generally fair Sunday and Monday. TllllllEDf EiGT- ED ON NiARII- BOAT lECe Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 16.—Dashing at 40 miles an hour in a race for the championship of the Great Lakes on the Niagara river in the presence of 50,000 spectators at 5 o’clock this afternoon, the speed boat Dixie IV, owned by Frederick Burnham, of New York swerved from its course, mounted the crowded breakwall that separates the river from the canal and injured three persons, one of them fatally. Before the mist kicked up by the boat had cleared away the Dixie IV was high and dry and the Victims lay groaning on the jagged rocks. In the boat with Burnham, the own er, were Paul Gander, Charles Nauber and John Davidson, New York, and Vern Kenton, Jamaica, West Indies. All escaped by jumping into the river. The injured are; Harold Bell, 13 years old, skull fractured and pelvis broken. Will probably die. Mrs. Elmer Bell, mother of Harold, 43 years old, scalp w'ound and laceration over right eye. Alden Daniels, 16 years old, right leg cut off. It was neccessary to jack up the boat, which weighs six tons, before the young Bell could be removed. After the race Burnham disappeared. The Dixie IV was leading by two miles and a half when the accident occurred. The acident was due to defective steering gear. and industrial corporations, was nameji as defendant today in a su preme court action of his wife, Mrs. Liyiam Middleton for a separation. refused to speak to me. He twice broke up my home and compelled me and our children to live from place to placg. He tried to get the children to live with his daughter by a former marriage with whom I am not on good terms.” While Mrs. Middleton was ill in Automobile Plunged Though Fence'Into A Mass oJ People BECIPIIOCIT», T Montreal, Que., Sept. 16.—A liberal majority of 57 in favor of reciprocity is the forecasted result of next Thurs day’s election, printed by the Montreal Herald this afternoon. This is the second complete canvass of the situation that the Herald has made since the campaign opened. The first showed an apparent liberal ma jority in the new parliament of 48. In the last parliament the liberals had a majority of 45, which was reduced on the reciprocity issue by two deser tions to the conservative side. In a dispatch from Ottawa the Her ald says: “From reliable reports received here from every province in Canada, the return of the government by ‘ an increased majority can be predicted with absolute assurance. The only question is as to the size of the ma jority. “Well inforrned conservative prac tically admit that Mor Borden has not the ghost of a chance of coming back with a majority behind him. “Election bets of a government ma jority of at least thirty-five, at even money, are going begging in the capi tal, where the game of politics is played at close range. “This week detailed reports have been received here as to the juciook in practically every constituency in the Dominion. A careful and conserva tive analysis of these reports indicates that the government can with reason able assurance, look for a majority of at least fifty-seven after polling day. In making the prediction, considerably more doubtful constituenfjies hava been thrown into the conservative column than into the liberal, and a liberal majority of seventy would not be at all surprising. According to the best and most reliable information available the result of polling should show something like the following re sult; Maritime provinces 27, oposition 8, Quebec liberals 50, oposition 15, On tario liberal 40, opposition 46, w'cstern Canada liberal 22, oposition 13. To tals, liberals 139, oposition 82; liberal majority 57;” PSSSEiEilRi As a Result 9 Are Dead and Fourteen Injured—AccidenX Occurred During Raci at New York State Fair, N. Y., N. N. Y., Y.. O., IlLLED She also asks that the court revoke a: December, 1910, she charges that her private separation agreement upon i husband had her committed to an theg round that it is invalid. | asylum at Litchfield, Conn. She was Mrs. Middleton places her hus-j released surreptitiously by the aid of band’s income at 875,000 a year. He has been residing for some time at the Waldorf-Astoria in a luxurious apartment. her daughter. The separation agreement, which Mrs. Middleton wants set aside, was executed last June at a time when “With the exception of rare inter- she says her health was impaired vals,” the complainant states, "my j and she didn’t understand the alleg- husband has been uniforml.y cruel, jed one-sidedness of the agreement. His manner has been sullen and mo- j The contract provides that Mrs. Mid rose. He has at times for no cause [ dieton shall have only $5,000 a year. Tampa Has a ''White Slave” Case-Gul Tells How She Was Lmed Ftom Home Savannah, Ga., Sept. 16.—A pass enger train on the Register and Glen- ville railroad overturned this morn ing seventeen miles from Claxton, killing J. A. Woodcock, a farmer and Carl iCasterling, Jr., of Claxton. De tails of the wreck are hard to se cure. A special train has been sent to the scene of the wreck from Clare- ton. Report on Jewish Church. Lancaster, Pa., Sept, 16.—In the re port of the committee on Jewish mis sion presented to the general cci::»cil, of the Evangelical Lutheran church to day, it was said that a large propor tion of modern Jev/s have abandoned leading provisions of the Mosaic law and without any religion in the true sense of the word, offer a real field for missionary work. Statistics show that during the nine teenth century 224,000 Jews becan*e members of the Christian church and in the present century the number an nually accepting Christ as the prom ised Saviour is about 5.000. MAN KILLED • Tampa, Fla., Sept. * 16.—On the'testified that she camfe here in charge of violating the new “white sponsement to an advertisement re fer —The large new building erected by the Charlotte Steam Laundry on the corner of Second and College streets for, a laundry, is completed as burg & Potomac Railroad, was derajl- far as the roof. The laundry will be' ed at Laurel, Va., today at 2:30 on the mQving van in a few weeks, o’clock and badly wrecked, , slave” law, a man named Lathanasaw, girls only to find that the u ij 4! * • 1 4. J • X, . place was not respectable, was held for trial today in the Unit- The women have been arrested on ed States commissioner’s court, as a similar charge and are out under the result of the story told by a young | bond. They probably will be given a girl name(^Agues Couch. Lathanasaw j preliminary hearing by the commis- was proprietor of a resort known as'sioned shortly. the Imperial Theatre, which wau or- j No further arrests have been made dered closed. He was released under today but United States District At- $1,000 bond to appear at the next i torney Cheney is still investigating the term of the federal court. | alleged wholesale white slave trafic The girl who is from Louisville, Ky., king in this city. The dead: Fireman Robert E. Byrd, 3,019 East Marshall street, Richmond, Va. Injured. ^ Engineer Frank L. Koontz, 712 West Clay street, Richmond, proba bly fatally. Baggp-ge master John W. Bush, 107 Colonial avenue, Richmon. Several others were injured more or less seriously. The train was due at Richmond from Washington at 2:45 and was coming along at a lively clip when tte engine, in taking a curve, left the rals. Five coaches followed. Only the rear Pullman remained on the track. coaiEi.:Si?: ef ship-, dOb ud..,p ED Ulll WL iiseiiiu Richmond, Va,, Sept. 16.—Train No. 15, of the Richmond, Fredericks- AND ROBBED Pittsburg, Sept. 16.—David Steen, aged 30, a mine superintendent and paymaster, was found shot to de^th twelve miles from Pittsburg this af ternoon by robbers who obtained not more than $3,000. The highwaymen are supposed to be Italians. First reports of the tragedy indi cated the robbers had obtained more than later investigation showed. Steam left Carnegie about noon en route to his mine. He carried a-satchel loaded with currency of small demon- ination. In the small buggy with him was hie father, W. J. .Steen. As they neared an abandoned mine the highwaymen stepped from behind the tiple and commanded the Steens to hold up their hands. Young Steen reached for his revolver, but before he could use it he was shot twice. His body tumbled from the buggy and his father, w^ho had lashed the horse with a whip, was jerked down the road. The highwaymen stopped the animal and pulled the satchel, which contained be tween- $3,000 and $3,500 from the bug- «y. Lee Oldfield was Driving Ma chine Which was Wrecked— y^ild Scenes Followed The Accident—Tire Blew Up. Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. 16.—Nine persons were killed and 14 serious ly hurt when a Knox racing car, driven by Lee Oldfield, leaped from the track and plunged into the throng of spectators during the 50-mile auto mobile race at the state fair grounds here late this afternoon. List of the Dead. The dead: Claude Hamil, Hammon, N. Y, Fred J. Arnold, Syracuse, N. Y. ^ Charles Ballantyne, Syracuse, N. Y. James Coin, Alexandria Bay, N. Y. , Fayette Funk, Earley ville, N. Y. Leo Halpin, Syracuse, N. Y. Unidentified man, 60 years of age. Unidentified man, 25 years old. Unidentified boy 10 years old. Harry Bradley, of Franklin, N. Y., is dying. The injured: Lee Oldfield, driver of the car; internally injured and has a fractured rib. Peter Lavardez, Syracuse, bruised and cut. Charles Dooley, Syracuse, injured hip and bruises. William Minor, Syracuse, broken leg. Lawrence Battemier, Canton, slightly injured. Glenn Ross, Syracuse, N. Y., slight ly injured. The accident occurred at the first turn of the track after the speeding automobiles left the grandstand. On the inside of the oval, the people were jammed against the fence. The racers had just completed the for- ty-third mile of the race and de Palma was leading. Oldfield was com ing close behind. - - - - Tire Blew Up. On the first turn his right tire blew up. His machine leaped from the track, crashed through the fence and plunged into the mss of people on the other side. In the grandstand it was at first thougiit that no one had been hurt. An announcement to this effect was made from the grandstand. But in a moment or two the shouts of the crowd that gathered about the scene of the tragedy, told the officials that the accident was a tragedy. Calls were sent to Syracuse and every ambulance in the city was hur ried to the scene. Doctors were sum moned and a score of them and sev eral nurses gathered to attend the injured. Vehicles in the grounds w'ere pressed into service as ambulances. The injured were taken to the emer gency hospital within the grounds and the womans’ building was turned into a hospital ward. President Had Left. ' • Presid,ent Taft had left ths race track less than an hour before af ter v/itnessing the first events. The 50-mile race started. After the twen- ty-fifth mile, spectators noticed t^^at the shoe of a tire that had burst was flapping on Oldfield's big Knox. De Palma was also having tire trouble but it was th6ught that Lee Oldfield kept in the race in the be lief that de Palma would be compell-. ed to stop, but de Palma did not stop. Up to the forty-third mile it was noticed that Oldfield had been shutting off his power as he passed the grandstand and taking the first turn carefully but on the lap befora the accident occurred he opened his engine up in passing. In this way he crept up on de Palma. The track was not in good condi tion. President Taft had gone over the track in an automobile just be fore the fifty mile event was called. It had been sprinkled for his trip. After de Palma and Burman had at first refused to enter in the race be cause of the wet track. When the track had dried to some extent, the race was called. Burman started with the others but witti drew after a few miles. Man Hurled into Tres. The race had reached the poin^ where the spectators, thrilled by the positions of the racers, crowded against the fence. De Palma and Old field swept into the stretch, Oldfield trailing the machine driven by de Palma. Suddenly there w^as a sharp . report. Oldfield’s car was seen to leap into the air. It crashed through the fence. Shrieks filled the air as it plunged into the crowd. One man was hurled high in the air. People flocked to the scene from all parts of the track. The dead and injured were picked up and taken to the hospital. Priests were on the scene and administered the last rites to the dying. Four persons died at the hospital after being taken there. YOUNG MAN SHOT AND KILLED BY GIRL. Beaumont, Tex., Sept. 15.—Miss Love Jerrette, aged IS, last ni^ht cbot and killed Irving Johnson at Mllvid. Johnson w'as seated in a waeon w'ith Ben Logan when the young wom.H; fired. Logan was wounded. He prob ably will recover. Miss Jerrette h.nd not been arrested up to noon today, Johnson’s body was shipped to Salt Lick, Ky., for burial.